| a molecular and serological survey of rickettsiales bacteria in wild sika deer (cervus nippon nippon) in shizuoka prefecture, japan: high prevalence of anaplasma species. | we surveyed rickettsiales bacteria, including rickettsia, ehrlichia, anaplasma, and neoehrlichia, in wild sika deer (cervus nippon nippon) from shizuoka prefecture, japan. in spleen samples from 187 deer, anaplasma phagocytophilum (deer type), a. bovis, and a. centrale were successfully detected by pcr assay targeting to 16s rdna or p44/msp2, and their positive rates were 96.3% (180/187), 53.5% (100/187), and 78.1% (146/187), respectively. additionally, 2 or 3 anaplasma species could be detected ... | 2015 | 25971318 |